MySQL instances attacked by database blackmailers

Feb 26, 2017 2:32:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Copycats delete databases without dumping them first. Internet-facing instances of the popular MySQL information store are being targeted by attackers following similar attacks on ...

Hackers Demand $25K-$30K After Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bingham County Servers

Feb 20, 2017 7:08:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

BLACKFOOT — Bingham County officials are scrambling to rebuild parts of their computer infrastructure after a ransomware attack took down county servers on Wednesday. The Bingham County ...

[ALERT] DynA-Crypt Ransomware Steals And Deletes Your Data

Feb 11, 2017 10:52:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Our friend Larry Abrams at Bleepingcomputer alerted the world about a new strain of ransomware called DynA-Crypt that was put together using a malware creation kit by people that are not ...

CRYSIS Ransomware Is Back And Uses RDP Brute Force To Attack U.S. Healthcare Orgs

Feb 11, 2017 9:53:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Remember the CRYSIS ransomware? The attacks started up again, mostly targeting US healthcare orgs. using brute force attacks via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The number of attacks has ...

Fake Netflix App Is Actually Ransomware

Feb 5, 2017 8:53:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kaspersky warned on their blog: "People are downloading a new app, looking to get free access to Netflix accounts. What they’re actually getting is a malware strain called Netix that ...

Careless Licking Gets A Nasty Ransomware Phishing Infection: 1,000+ Machines Down

Feb 4, 2017 9:40:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

More than 1,000 government computer systems shut down. A county in Ohio, US, has had to shut down its entire IT infrastructure due to a ransomware infection. County Auditor Mike Smith ...

Ransomware attacks quadrupled in 2016, expected to double again in 2017

Jan 27, 2017 11:50:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The number of ransomware attacks quadrupled in 2016 and are expected to double again in 2017, according to findings in a report from large insurer Beazley. They suggested that ...

Ransomware Infection Causes Loss of 8 Years Of Police Department Evidence

Jan 27, 2017 11:24:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Police Department in Cockrell Hill, Texas released in a press release that they lost 8 years worth of evidence after the department's server was infected with ransomware.

[ALERT] USB Sticks Could Infect Your Network With New Spora Ransomware Worm

Jan 22, 2017 8:09:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The new Spora ransomware strain has now been dissected by more malware researchers and the team from G Data discovered that Spora uses an "innovative" way to spread itself via USB sticks. ...

Sophisticated "Spora" Ransomware Demands Future Protection Money

Jan 12, 2017 7:40:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Emsisoft researchers dissected a new ransomware strain that demands users not only pay to recover their encrypted files, but also for immunity from future attacks. The threat is called ...

300+ New Ways to Stop Your Users from Clicking on Everything!

Jan 10, 2017 10:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You now really have 300+ new ways to make sure your users Think Before They Click!

I Don't Need No Friggen Backup Plan For Ransomware

Jan 10, 2017 7:16:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Did I get your attention? The picture here raised my eyebrows, because of its patent nonsense. Elizabeth Holmes stated this in an interview about being an entrepreneur. It's a bit like ...

Heads-Up! Massive New Locky Ransomware Attack Is Coming

Jan 7, 2017 10:36:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Jan Sirmer at the Avast blog wrote: "Based on analysis of past Locky ransomware attacks, experts in the Avast Threat Labs predict that another attack is imminent. Locky has taken a ...

Healthcare Records Unavailable For Months After Ransomware Infection

Jan 2, 2017 2:03:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Healthcare records of an Arizona clinic have not been available for months after a ransomware infection. The Desert Care clinic got infected in August, and they were not able to recover ...

Disk-Killer Malware Adds Ransomware Feature And Charges $200,000+

Dec 29, 2016 7:57:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Talk about adding insult to injury with this new KillDisk version. Here is how social engineering can cost you dearly. The Sandworm cybercrime gang has upped its game. They were initially ...

L.A. County Phishing Attack: 750,000 record data breach

Dec 18, 2016 11:25:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Confidential health data or personal information of more than 750,000 people may have been accessed in a cyberattack on Los Angeles County employees in May that led to charges this week ...

The rise of ransomware-as-a-service. Stu Sjouwerman CSO Interview

Dec 17, 2016 10:21:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

My Interview at CSO About Ransomware-as-a-Service Joan Goodchild, Editor-in-chief at CSO sat me down and asked why Ransomware-as-a-Service has taken off recently: "It’s not just your ...

IBM study: 70% of Businesses Attacked Pay Ransomware

Dec 15, 2016 3:56:17 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A rather mind-blowing 70% of businesses hit by ransomware paid the hackers to regain access to hijacked systems and files, according to a new IBM X-Force Ransomware report. Of the ...

[ALERT] Yikes, A New And Scary Double-Ransomware Whammy.

Dec 11, 2016 12:05:07 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Sophos reported on one of the more scary ransomware strains I have seen lately. It's called Goldeneye and encrypts the workstation twice: both the files and the Master File Table (MFT). ...

SanFran Muni Ransomware Hacker Gets Hacked Back!

Dec 11, 2016 9:47:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A couple of weeks ago, a yet unknown attacker hacked the computer systems of the San Francisco’s Municipal railway causing a free ride for all that Saturday. The ransomware hacker was ...

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